He’d found diagrams online. If he hadn’t been so fucking outraged after the scene under the bleachers, he would’ve remembered to go to the resource center at school and print all of them. Although there was no WI-FI, his 5G roaming picked up a nearby signal. Unless he wanted to go from site to site, he had to choose the best illustrations and work with that tonight.
Skye plopped next to him, plate in hand.
CJ’s stomach growled.
“The other two are your brothers, right?” she asked, holding out a piece of bacon to him.
He nodded, not hesitating to take the bacon and stuff it into his mouth.
“Don’t you have another one?” She crunched through a piece of bacon, then stuffed a forkful of scrambled eggs into her mouth. “Isaiah?”
“Axel. And he isn’t the only one. I have three more brothers. Diesel, Rule, and Gunner. I also have two sisters, Rebel and Squiggles. Jo. She’s the baby.”
“Squiggles is a cool nickname. I bet you all spoil her. My little sister, Dusk, is ten. The youngest of us. I’m the oldest.”
“I’m the next eldest. When I say Jo is the baby. I mean literally. She’s four months old.”
“Oh, wow! A baby-baby.”
“Yup.”
She held out her last piece of bacon to him.
“No, bae. I was the stupid motherfucker who turned you down.”
“I can fry more.”
“It’s okay. Really. I’ll stop somewhere on the way home.”
Standing, she brushed passed him, allowing him to admire her round ass up close and personal. After setting the plate on top of the other dirty ones, she returned to her spot next to him.
“I have another question.”
“You’re full of them.”
“Do you really live near a motorcycle club, through a forest, and in a mansion?”
Irritation surged into him. “We’re back to this again?”
“I’m so curious, CJ,” she admitted. “I know we got off to a rocky start, but I swear I just want to know more about you.”
“IfI’m willing to share any more than I already have. Which I’m not, soagaindrop the fucking subject or I’m leaving.”
“You don’t have to be rude.”
“You don’t have to be nosy. Telling you gently isn’t getting through to you.”
“I like to be heard.”
“Good for you. I like my privacy respected.”
Her nostrils flared. “I’m just trying to get to know you.”
“You and Jaleena gave me a lot of bullshit last week because Harley was with me.”
“She didn’t belong in our class and I was jealous. Just like I’m jealous of Jaleena. I want to know if you reallyarea good kisser.”
“I maintain she has a big fucking mouth by spreading rumors.”
